1 Samuel 18:23 meaning and explanation
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
1 Samuel 18:23, Berean Standard Bible
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David answers Saul's servants, who have just offered him marriage to the king's daughter Michal. His reply is genuine humility, not false modesty: he comes from an ordinary family in Bethlehem and has no wealth for a dowry fitting a royal son-in-law.
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